Meet the team

The University's membership of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is managed within Global Engagement. Please contact Danielle Bertrand for any queries relating to WUN.

Email: danielle.bertrand@sheffield.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)114 222 1247

Global Engagement
The University of Sheffield
The Arts Tower, Level 7
S10 2TN, UK

If you would like to arrange a visit to the University of Sheffield to discuss WUN related activity, please contact Danielle to arrange this. You may also find the visitors' page useful.

WUN Steering Committee

The WUN Steering Committee at Sheffield provides strategic direction for our WUN engagement in order to exploit WUN opportunities and maximise its benefit to Sheffield's research and innovation, internationalisation and learning and teaching. It demonstrates Sheffield's commitment to WUN membership, transparency of how WUN is democratically operated and most importantly, the crucial support for academic community to build their international portfolios which advance their research and accelerate their funding bids.

Steering Committee members

The Steering Committee meets twice a year and its members include:

Professor John Derrick, Deputy PVC Research and Innovation
Professor David Wood, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Dr Simon Jones, Faculty of Science
Mr Greg Morgan, Faculty of Social Sciences
Dr Neil Harris, Research and Innovation Services
Dr Malcolm Bulter, Director of Global Engagement

            Steering Committee Terms of Reference
            To monitor Sheffield’s engagement with WUN and decide new areas for participation
To advise the Vice-Chancellor, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation and WUN Coordinator on WUN Strategy
To make funding decisions on Research Mobility Programme (RMP) applications
To make funding decisions on Research Development Fund (RDF) applications (devolving to sub-groups and previewing letters of intent as required)
To keep under review the processes by which applicants bid for the RMP and RDF and the criteria used to judge these
To promote an awareness of WUN and the opportunities it offers and encourage engagement in WUN activities across the University
To evaluate WUN activities within the University

            